Method of pressing shirts



March 22, 1949. FORSE 2,4645857 fimmnml .mlmlliu Patented Mar. 22, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim. 1

The chief object of this invention is to expedite the pressing of shirt gussets, yokes, collars, and cuffs by simultaneously pressing in the same press two shirts.

The chief feature of this invention resides in applying one shirt to the 'press buck portions for simultaneous pressing of the sleeve gusset portions and the shirt collar, then shifting that shirt to adjacent press buck portions for simultaneous pressing of the cuffs and yoke of that shirt simultaneously with the pressing of the first mentioned shirt portions of a second shirt.

Other objects and features of the invention will be set forth more fully hereinafter.

The full nature of the'invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claim:

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the buck portions of a press and one embodiment thereof.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of same with two shirts applied thereto for simultaneous pressing of portions thereof.

Fig. 3 is a perspective front view of the buck and head portions of a press in press open position previous to making a shirt lay thereon.

Since it appears most desirable for an understanding of this invention to describe a press with which the process may be utilized, reference will first be had to such a press. In Figs. 1 and 3, 10 indicates a buck base platform suitably supported in a press.

At opposite ends of the plate are two upright supports I I, each of which supports a buck member I2 including an elongated arch contoured portion having pressing surface l3. These may be relieved rearw'ardly as at M if desired, see Fig. 1 only.

Centrally and forwardly of the table l rises base I5 supporting a somewhat wider and somewhat shorter, longer radius arch contoured buck member l6 having pressing surface I1. Extending forwardly thereof and upwardly therefrom is a collar form It.

Rearwardly of buck H and supported by mem her [5 is a second spaced apart buck member I9 having a similar flatter arch contour 20. Extending forwardly thereof is a support portion 2| slightly lower than surface 20. Surfaces If and 20 are in alignment and intermediate of and parallel to surfaces l3 and wider than same but of lesser arch effect.

Before briefly describing the head portion of the press, reference will be had to Fig. 2 wherein it will be noted that between the central spaced apart bucks are positioned the major portions of two shirts, one extending forwardly and the other extending rearwardly.

The rear shirt has collar portion A laid on surface 20 and the yoke and back are positioned between bucks l6 and IS. The gusset portions B of the sleeves are laid on bucks l3. When the head is lowered and held in pressing position, these buck supported portions of the shirt are pressed.

Then the shirt is flipped over and forwardly so that the previously pressed collar A now partially embraces collar portion 18 and the yoke C and part of the back D of the shirt rests smoothly on surface N. Then the cuff portions E are laid on the forward portions of bucks l2 as shown or at right angles to the direction of sleeve application as shown at the rear of portions l2.

When this lay is accomplished, a, second shirt is applied to the rear portions of bucks l2 and buck l9 as previously described. When the head is lowered and held in pressing engagement, both shirts are simultaneously pressed.

Following this operation the operator removes the forward shirt for further pressing at a sleever or a bosom and back presser as desired for sleeve pressing or bosom and back pressing respectively.

When the forwaid shirt is removed as described, the rearward shirt is moved forwardly and the lay made as described. Then the operator applies a third shirt to the rear buck l9 and rearward portions of bucks 12 as described and illustrated in Fig. 2. Then pressing of the two shirts is effected as before.

This method of pressing materially reduces the time of collar, yoke, gusset and cuff pressing because, first, two shirts are pressed simultaneously; second, the operator does not have to move from press to press; and third, the transfer of a shirt on the press from one position to the other is rapidly effected and with a minimum of effort and shirt movement.

Reference will now be had to Fig. 3 wherein one form of pressing head is illustrated. Herein the head proper is indicated by numeral 30. It is steam-heated, as may be the several bucks if desired. This head 30 is pivotally supported for movement toward and away from the bucks and associated therewith is handle and guard 3|. The specific actuation and control of head movement may be as desired or required, that is of manual, semi-manual or full automatic character.

Since the present invention is not directed to how the head is mounted, moved, held in pressto open press position, etc., it is not believed any further description or reference hereto in this application is necessary.

The head 30, however, has at the ends two elongated parallel grooves 32, each of a length corresponding to the length of bucks I 2 with which same cooperates and having a contour complementary to that of said bucks. The midportion of the head includes the elongated parallel and wider groove 33 with a contour complementary to the contours of bucks l5 and I9. If these differ from each other, then groove 33 will differ accordingly from end to end. Note that herein groove 33 is continuous from end to end and of the same conformation except that the forward end is recessed at 34 to clear or nest the collar projection 18, see Fig. 11, and thus effect pressing of a part of the back and the yoke without wrinkling, etc. of the previously pressed collar portion.

The normal operation of the press is such that each time the head is lowered for buck engagement, two shirts simultaneously have predetermined portions pressed thereby, and while the press is open, the second operation shirt is re moved from the press, the first operation shirt is transferred to a second position on the press, and a third shirt is applied to first position operation.

While the invention has been illustrated and described in great detail in the drawings and foregoing description, the same is to be con sidered as illustrative and not restrictive in character.

The several modifications described herein as well as others which will readily suggest themselves to persons skilled in this art, all are considered to be within the broad scope of the invention, reference being had to the appended claim.

The invention claimed is:

A method of simultaneously pressing a plurality of shirts and multiple step pressing of a single shirt including making a lay of the collar and gusset portions of one shirt with the gusset portions thereof disposed generally in longitudinal alignment and the collar portion similarly disposed and therebetween, making a. lay of the yoke and cuif portions of another shirt, cuff portions thereof being disposed substantially transverse to the gusset portions of the said one shirt, and then simultaneously pressing the laid portions of both shirts.

HARRY D. FQRSE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Downer et a1. Aug. 3, 1943 

